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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146775 | Towel dispenser and cassette for a towel dispenser A towel dispenser for dispensing towel material in a loop from a stack or roll, which towel dispenser has a back part and a cover part movably connected with the back part, the cover part being provided with receiving means for receiving at least one roll or one sta... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8136695 | Cassette for a towel dispenser and towel dispenser for use of such a cassette The invention relates to a strip of towel material for use in a towel dispenser, which strip has a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and has been wound onto a roller, or has been folded along folding lines extending in the transverse direction and sp... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7357314 | Vending machine, dispense product determination method, stock product determination method, and system thereof, and cartridge for vending machine A storage compartment contains a variety of products. In a vending machine, once a product is selected at a product selection part, a dispense product determination part determines a product to dispense based on a selected product data from the product selection par... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353643 | System for feeding caps with rotating-drum accumulation device System for feeding bottle-tops to a bottle closing machine, in particular for feeding caps to an automatic capping machine, comprising an accumulation device, an entrance channel for feeding caps to the accumulation device and an exit channel to discharge the caps f... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7252131 | Unit for applying printed slips to packets in packaging machines Printed slips are applied to packets in a cigarette packer by a unit comprising a first device designed to feed slips procured as single items and ordered in a stack, or a second device designed to feed slips obtainable as cuts generated from a continuous strip; the... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7097495 | System and methods for connecting electrical components The present disclosure is directed to methods and devices that use a contact interface for establishing an electrical connection with an electrical component. In certain exemplary embodiments, the contact interface of a device includes at least one loading fiber and... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083427 | Woven multiple-contact connectors A multiple-contact woven connector comprising at least one conductor woven onto a plurality of loading fibers. Each conductor has at least one contact point. The loading fibers are capable of delivering a contact force at the contact points of the conductors. The co... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7048183 | RFID rag and method of user verification An identification tag (100) facilitates use of a secure computer system (300). The tag (100) is adapted to be worn on a user's wrist and includes an identification and registration circuit (102) that includes an identification component (... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040535 | Vending machine When any one of the commodities displayed in commodity image display areas is sold out during an operation of a vending machine, a substitute commodity for a sold-out commodity is selected from among commodities other than the sold-out commodity, and a display of a ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032776 | Vending machine bucket drive control The disclosed invention is a dispensing apparatus and method for dispensing product from a vending machine. The invention employs a motor for bi-directionally rotating a dispenser bucket between two bumpers which physically obstruct and limit the rotational travel, ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6974049 | System and method for dispensing prescriptions An automated method for dispensing pharmaceuticals particularly tablets and capsules, and other small discrete objects, includes: receiving prescription information, selecting a container, labeling the container, dispensing the tablets or capsules into the labeled c... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6951465 | Multiple-contact woven power connectors Multiple-contact woven power connectors are provided that have at least a first set of loading fibers and at least a first set of conductors. When woven onto a set of loading fibers, the conductors define a space. The loading fibers are capable of delivering contact... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945790 | Multiple-contact cable connector assemblies The present disclosure is directed to electrical cable connector assemblies that have a woven connector element and a cable subassembly. The woven connector element utilizes loading fibers and conductors. Each conductor has at least one contact point. The conductors... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6766219 | Apparatus for controlling and monitoring of dispensing of oral medications A medication dispensing cassette and related apparatus for controlling and monitoring of dispensing of oral medications is disclosed. The cassette comprises at least one continuous track having a plurality of receptacles for medication, a microprocessor to monitor a... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6547234 | Quadruple capacity feeder cassette A sheet feed cassette adapted to be installed within a sheet feed unit of an image forming apparatus such as, for example, a copier as a printer. The cassette includes a frame including at least a side frame and a bottom frame. A bottom plate is provided ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543762 | Magazine for feeding flattened containers to a filling machine A composite magazine for feeding to a filling or packaging machine pre-formed and flattened containers includes a main magazine suitably inclined in which the containers are piled up. The main magazine includes a long upper back portion which can be opene... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6466830 | Apparatus and method for producing electronic messages in a vending terminal An interactive internet photo terminal for composing an electronic self-image photo message utilizing a "live" image background of the terminal's location. The photo terminal includes a cash and credit receiving device, video camera and message compositio... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6102246 | Automated beverage system An automated system for preparing and delivering postmix beverages in response to one or more drink orders being entered from a remote point of sale unit or a local keypad and including: a postmix beverage preparation assembly for dispensing ice and a sel... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6006947 | Injection drug dispensing system An injection drug dispensing system which can quickly dispense injection drug includes a control unit and an injection drug dispenser of the type that requires drugs to be stored in order. The dispenser has a plurality of storage units each including a pl... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5931629 | Automatic input and output tube handlers for use with an electronic component processing equipment A fully automatic device is provided for handling components-containing tubes and for feeding the components contained in these tubes into the input rail or "accumulator" of the loading area of a component processing equipment. Another fully automatic dev... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931630 | Material feeding apparatus for use in a surface mounting system A material feeding apparatus for supplying surface mounting elements for suction by a suction nozzle for surface mounting on PC boards, the apparatus including a first casing, a second casing connected in series to the first casing in an oblique position,... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5788114 | CD packaging system and method including a case-feeding unit a unit for individually feeding brochures to a pickup station and an apparatus for packaging compact discs into respective cases A system for packaging manufactured articles into respective cases along a feed line having an apparatus with stations for performing various functions, a unit for automatically stacking and feeding CD cases to be packaged in these stations and a unit for... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5785489 | Case-feeding unit in an automatic apparatus for packaging manufactured articles into cases and automatic case-feeding method relating to same In an automatic apparatus for packaging compact discs into respective cases, the empty cases are arranged within a feeding magazine in a mutually superposed relation so as to form a vertical stack from the bottom of which the cases are individually remove... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5605249 | Battery operated vending machine having a carousel stacking arrangement and plunger-type dispenser A miniature, battery operated vending machine for dispensing products includes a rotating carousel for holding stacks of products and a plunger assembly for dispensing products from the carousel into a dispensing area. A plurality of columns are disposed ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5573368 | Commissioning device A commissioning device has several shift-out magazines arranged on a conveying path for accommodating items stacked therein. The items are introduced in insert spaces of the shift-out magazines in the form of item stacks. The shift-out magazines are prece... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5503300 | Vending machine including refrigeration and oven compartments A vending machine includes a refrigeration compartment, an oven compartment, structure for transferring a food product from the refrigeration compartment to the oven compartment, and structure for transferring the food product from the oven compartment to... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5472114 | Turret magazine assembly A turret magazine assembly which provides a constant supply of articles in a packaging operation. The turret magazine assembly has a rotatable feeding assembly having a plurality of tube receiving structures. A plurality of removable tubes are provided to... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5462196 | Hopper and feed for plastic book-binding strips Plastic binding strips used with this invention comprise a female strip consisting of a narrow, thin plastic strip formed with spaced apertures and grooves communicating with the apertures and a male strip comprising a narrow plastic strip having bendable... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5454775 | Automated exchangeable parts feeding system An automated exchangeable parts feeding system which permits rapid exchange of parts presentation devices so that different size and shape parts can be handled on the parts feeding system. The automated exchangeable parts feeding system includes a parts p... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5405048 | Vacuum operated medicine dispenser A vacuum operated system for individually dispensing items of oral solid medicine from bulk storage to a user, where the medicine is dispensed under computer control, and the quantity and type of medicine is selected in advance by the user. The invention ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5397016 | Merchandizer for cigarette packages and the like A package merchandiser providing for front and rear stacks of packages resting on a common sloping surface, with a rotating gate positioned between the two stacks to prevent the rear stack to slide to the position of the front stack while packages remain ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5395208 | Rotary article storage and outfeed apparatus A rotary article storage and outfeed apparatus stores a plurality of groups of generally flat articles in a facewise stacked condition and delivers a supply of these articles to an infeed for a device wherein the articles are to be utilized. The apparatus... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5299351 | Continuous parts feeder This invention is intended to provide a continuous parts feeder capable of continuously feeding parts to a metal mold installed in a pressure machine such as a press. An actual example of this invention consists of a parts transport pipe (40) that uses co... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5230206 | Method of and system for making up consignments of articles The invention provides a method and a system for making up consignments from articles supplied in packs. It consists essentially of a consignment-assembly unit (9) that supplies individually supplied articles via a sorter (10) having inward conveyors (30,... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5220947 | Apparatus for emptying and rinsing non-recoverable flasks containing a toxic product In order to automatically carry out the emptying and rinsing of non-recoverable bottles or flasks (78) made from a perforatable material such as polyethylene and e.g. containing a low activity solution (88), an apparatus is proposed making it possible to ... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5172828 | Cup dispenser A cup dispenser for dispensing cups from a stack of nested cups each of which has a rim wherein the stack being dispensed is held up in dispensing position in a dispensing opening, the lowermost cup of the stack being released to drop down and the next cu... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5161938 | Automatic supply and loading device for sheet items An automatic supply and loading device for container blanks such as gable top containers including storage magazines for storing therein the blanks in a flat collapsed form at a location away from the main magazines from which the blanks are individually ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5154315 | Lid loading and conveying assembly A lid loading and conveying assembly includes a carousel having an indexing plate with a plurality of pairs of tubes connected therearound for holding a plurality of stacks of lids therein; a rotatable support for rotationally supporting the carousel plat... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5096371 | Carton feeding apparatus A carton feeding apparatus delivers a stack of cartons from a supply thereof in a supply pocket located such that the bottom of the stack of cartons carried therein is at a first vertical level relative to a receiving conveyor located such that the bottom... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5085421 | Dual bin paper feed tray for an image reproduction machine such as a printer or copier A dual bin paper feed tray is removably insertable into the standard height tray-receiving housing opening of an image reproduction machine such as a printer or copier. The tray has adjacent front and rear paper holding bin areas each configured to hold a... | 02/04/1992 |
